Keep Your Distance

For the Richard Thompson song, see Rumor and Sigh.

Keep Your Distance
Studio album by Curiosity Killed the Cat
Released	27 April 1987 3 August 1987 (US) [1]
Recorded	1986–1987
Genre	Sophisti-pop [2] [3]
Length	37:25 63:58 (with original bonus tracks)
Label	Mercury
Producer	Stewart Levine (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7-9) Sly & Robbie (track 3) Pete Smith (track 5) Paul Staveley O'Duffy (track 6)
Curiosity Killed the Cat chronology
Keep Your Distance (1987) Getahead (1989)
Singles from Keep Your Distance
"Misfit" Released: 8 August 1986; re-released in June 1987 "Down to Earth" Released: 7 November 1986 "Ordinary Day" Released: 23 March 1987 "Free" Released: September 1987

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Number One	[5]

Keep Your Distance is the debut album by the British band Curiosity Killed the Cat, released in April 1987. It debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart, and is their only album to chart on the Billboard 200, reaching #55. ^{[6] [7]}

Track listing

All tracks are written by Curiosity Killed the Cat and Toby Andersen.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Misfit"	4:03
2.	"Down to Earth"	4:19
3.	"Free"	4:00
4.	"Know What You Know"	3:50
5.	"Curiosity Killed the Cat"	3:20
6.	"Ordinary Day"	3:51
7.	"Mile High"	4:04
8.	"Red Lights"	5:33
9.	"Shallow Memory"	4:25
Total length:		37:25

Original CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Misfit" (Extended Version)	7:03
11.	"Down to Earth" (Extended Version)	5:58
12.	"Ordinary Day" (Extraordinary Mix)	5:22
13.	"Mile High" (Mile Long Mix)	8:10
Total length:		63:58

2010 reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Bullet"	3:40
15.	"Man"	3:33
16.	"Corruption" (Dub)	5:26

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [8]	47
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [9]	20
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10]	9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11]	29
Icelandic Albums (Tónlist) [12]	7
Italian Albums (FIMI) [13]	8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [14]	19
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [15]	32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16]	7
UK Albums (OCC) [6]	1
US Billboard 200 [7]	55

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [17]	63
Italian Albums (FIMI) [18]	26
UK Albums (OCC) [19]	24

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [20]	Platinum	300,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Billboard" (PDF). Vol. 99, no. 31. 1 August 1987. p. 82.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
2. Inskeep, Thomas; Soto, Alfred. "The Bluffer's Guide – Sophisti-Pop". Stylus . Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
3. "Top 15 Sophisti-Pop Albums". Classic Pop . 25 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
4. Keep Your Distance at AllMusic
5. Simper, Paul (2 May 1987). "Review: Curiosity Killed the Cat — Keep Your Distance (Phonogram)". Number One . No. 202. London: IPC Magazines Ltd. p. 39. ISSN   0266-5328 . Retrieved 6 November 2022– via Flickr.
6. "Curiosity Killed the Cat | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
7. "Curiosity Killed the Cat Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 80. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
9. "Austriancharts.at – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance" (in German). Hung Medien.
10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
11. "Offiziellecharts.de – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
12. "Tonlist Top 40". DV. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
13. "Hit Parade Italia – Gli album più venduti del 1987" (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
14. "Charts.nz – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". Hung Medien.
15. "Swedishcharts.com – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". Hung Medien.
16. "Swisscharts.com – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". Hung Medien.
17. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl".
18. "Hit Parade Italia - ALBUM 1987".
19. "Gallup Year End Charts 1987: Albums". Record Mirror. London, England: Spotlight Publications: 37. 23 January 1988.
20. "British album certifications – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 25 July 2012.